Ferrari ends Bahrain test early
(GMM) Ferrari abandoned the second and final day of post-race testing in Bahrain on Wednesday. Before the test, having finished just ninth in the grand prix, Spaniard Fernando Alonso said … Read More
Month: April 2014
Fallows replaces Prodromou, who was stolen by Mercedes (Update)
UPDATE (GMM) McLaren is disputing Red Bull's appointment on Wednesday of a new aerodynamics boss. Late last year, we reported that as well as Red Bull's aerodynamics chief Peter Prodromou, … Read More
Bahrain Postscript
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton captured his 24th Grand Prix victory and first in Bahrain. A Force-India blew past a Ferrari. Four-time reigning World Champion Sebastian Vettel was asked to move over … Read More
Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Set for Long Beach
MSR looking for a strong outing in Long Beach. Pataskala, Ohio (8 April 2014) – After staging the longest races of the year, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship will make … Read More
McLaren closing on title sponsor for 2014 (Update)
UPDATE The McLaren of Jenson Button The Japanese owner of Play.com is in talks to take over the title sponsorship of the McLaren Formula One (F1) team, one of the … Read More
V6 switch ended Mercedes quit talks
All this possible quit talk to ensure F1 does not change the rules and Mercedes can keep its advantage. Or is it true and F1 is letting them cheat because … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Wednesday (Update)
UPDATE Updates shown in red below. Alonso is obviously not happy with Domenicali run Ferrari team? When will he quit? 04/09/14 Maldonado and Lotus suffered two PU failures Marussia Motors … Read More
Investment Funds To Invest $40M In Formula E, Announcement Expected Shortly
Formula E "will receive support from financial backers, which will be announced shortly," according to Sylt & Reid of MOTORSPORT-TOTAL. Formula E "is reportedly set to announce that investment funds … Read More
Ticket sales way up in Long Beach
Word on the street is that ticket sales are way up for this year's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend featuring IndyCar, the Tudor United Sports Car Championship, the … Read More
GM doing major upgrade to electric car factory
Cadillac ELR is hands-down the best looking and most plush electric vehicle on the road In preparation for the next generation of electric vehicles and advanced battery technologies, General Motors … Read More
Bourdais looks for good result in Long Beach
Bourdais ran with a different sponsor in St. Pete. Mistic will be on the car this weekend KVSH Racing driver Sebastien Bourdais will be returning to the site of some … Read More
First Street Fight for Corvette C7.R
Corvette C7.R After the two longest races on the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship schedule, Corvette Racing moves to the shortest event on its calendar. The team’s two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs … Read More
Perfect storm sets back Rossi in Bahrain
Alexander Rossi The GP2 season opener in Bahrain proved to have plenty of bad luck for Alexander Rossi and EQ8 Caterham Racing. Following an extremely positive pre-season test where Alexander … Read More
“Here the Sponsor is not number 1”
Brian C. Mackey You've heard the expression the customer is number one? Many in motor racing might think that a similar variation might be that from a marketing standpoint, for … Read More
ISC cash cow Increases
Despite rain delaying this year's Daytona 500, ISC saw an increase in Q1 revenue from a year ago. Revenue rose to $131.8M for the quarter from $128.6M over the same … Read More
Rosberg keeps Mercedes on top in Bahrain test Day 1
Nico RosbergOur main aim today was to try different directions with set-up and to get to know the tires a bit better. You never stop learning how to get the … Read More
Cosworth reveals 2014 F1 power unit (For Haas Team?)
Cosworth has revealed its 2014 Formula 1 power unit although it will not be used this season. The English company started work on a 2014 engine as long ago as … Read More
Latest F1 news in brief – Tuesday (Update)
UPDATE Updates shown in red below. 04/08/14 Di Montezemolo left Bahrain before the race was over, disgusted at the speed of the Domenicali led Ferrari team Only F1 noise will … Read More
Andretti team hires Roger Griffiths
Roger Griffiths Michael Andretti and his championship winning IndyCar racing effort, Andretti Autosport, announced today that industry veteran Roger Griffiths has joined the team as the new Director of Motorsport … Read More
Bud Moore recovering
NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore suffered a mild heart attack over the weekend and is recovering in a hospital near his home in Spartanburg, S.C. "He had a procedure … Read More
Legacy Credit Union back as title sponsor of Indy Lights at Barber
IndyCar rookie Carlos Munoz celebrating his Lights victory last year at Barber Motorsports Park. Birmingham, Ala. (April 7) – ZOOM Motorsports announced today that Legacy Credit Union will be returning … Read More
The day F1 died (11th Update)
UPDATE #11 Ecclestone proposes to replace F1 with GP2 at 1/100th the cost and almost the same speed Further to what we reported yesterday that most GP2 cars would qualify … Read More
Video: ’98 Long Beach – Remembering what the grandson destroyed
Here are the last 5 laps of the 1998 CART FedEx Championship Series race at Long Beach. Listen to the screaming engines, the huge crowd, the plethora of big name … Read More